Address Book name sorting

[Guest]

When I go to my address book (not Contacts) the names are displayed by first
name, last name. I want to change the order and have them display last name,
first name. It seems to me like a simple process but I can't find info on how
to do it.
BTW: The names in my contacts are displayed Last name, first name.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Tad Marinelli
CPT, MP
USAREC

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Hard to answer because you failed to post your Outlook version.

 

[Sylvia]

open the address book, then go to tools, view, sort by and pick what you
want it to display as

Hard to answer because you failed to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I go to my address book (not Contacts) the names are displayed by
first
name, last name. I want to change the order and have them display last
name,
first name. It seems to me like a simple process but I can't find info on
how
to do it.
BTW: The names in my contacts are displayed Last name, first name.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Tad Marinelli
CPT, MP
USAREC

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem using Outlook 2002 where there is no "view-sort by"
option in tools menu or in any other menu. So this issueremains and any help
would be appreciated.

Ο χÏήστης "Sylvia" έγγÏαψε:

open the address book, then go to tools, view, sort by and pick what you
want it to display as

Hard to answer because you failed to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I go to my address book (not Contacts) the names are displayed by
first
name, last name. I want to change the order and have them display last
name,
first name. It seems to me like a simple process but I can't find info on
how
to do it.
BTW: The names in my contacts are displayed Last name, first name.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Tad Marinelli
CPT, MP
USAREC

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not for any of the currently supported versions of Outlook.
For Outlook 2002:
Go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or
address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order there

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

open the address book, then go to tools, view, sort by and pick what you
want it to display as

Hard to answer because you failed to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I go to my address book (not Contacts) the names are displayed by
first
name, last name. I want to change the order and have them display last
name,
first name. It seems to me like a simple process but I can't find info
on how
to do it.
BTW: The names in my contacts are displayed Last name, first name.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Tad Marinelli
CPT, MP
USAREC

 

[Peter D]

Not for any of the currently supported versions of Outlook.
For Outlook 2002:
Go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or
address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order there

IIRC, it doesn't work in The "Internet Only" setting of Outlook 2000. I have
a friend who this happened to and I could display Last/First but he couldn't
no matter what we did. He had a Compuserve Mail account and had to use
"Internet Only" (MAPI) while I used "Corporate/Workgroup". His Outlook used
the Windows Address Book, mine used the Personal Address Book.

As far as I could tell, you can sort a PAB First/Last, but not a WAB. If you
know a workaround, I'd appreciate hearing it.

open the address book, then go to tools, view, sort by and pick what you
want it to display as

Hard to answer because you failed to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I go to my address book (not Contacts) the names are displayed by
first
name, last name. I want to change the order and have them display last
name,
first name. It seems to me like a simple process but I can't find info
on how
to do it.
BTW: The names in my contacts are displayed Last name, first name.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Tad Marinelli
CPT, MP
USAREC

 

[Brian Tillman]

As far as I could tell, you can sort a PAB First/Last, but not a WAB.
If you know a workaround, I'd appreciate hearing it.

If you're really using the Windows Address Book (and Outlook 2000 IMO didn't
use it, I don't believe; Outlook Express could be made to share Outlook's
Contacts folder), then you can click on the "Name" heading above the names
and each time you click it, it will be sorted in a different fashion. One
time will be "First Last" in ascending order, then "First Last" in decending
order, then "Last, First", in ascending order and, finally, "Last, First",
in decending order.

 

[Peter D]

If you're really using the Windows Address Book (and Outlook 2000 IMO didn't
use it, I don't believe; Outlook Express could be made to share Outlook's
Contacts folder), then you can click on the "Name" heading above the names
and each time you click it, it will be sorted in a different fashion. One
time will be "First Last" in ascending order, then "First Last" in decending
order, then "Last, First", in ascending order and, finally, "Last, First",
in decending order.

How would that change the view in Outlook (not OE)?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

For the record:
IMO did use the Windows Address Book engine for sorting and the Outlook
Contacts Folder for the data source. That's why a simple click on a column
heading would sort by that field in the Address Book. No Outlook Address
Book sorting conventions apply to IMO.
No version of Outlook has never used the PAB. Only Outlook's predecessor
(Windows Messaging) did. The PAB stored both the First and Last name in the
First Name field, so it could only be sorted by the First Name field. The KB
documentation for this most likely no longer exists. A long time ago, it was
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q187/2/37.asp

 

[Brian Tillman]

How would that change the view in Outlook (not OE)?

It wouldn't, but you said:

His Outlook used the Windows Address Book

Now, Outlook doesn't use the Windows Address Book, so the "his Outlook" in
the above reference must really have been referring to Outlook Express, if
in fact you really meant "Windows Address Book". Russ gave the steps to
sort the Outlook Address Book view.